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CAMBRIDGE JOY

A lovely sunny day and 29 Spartans ran the sell out Cambridge Half Marathon.  A few found it a bit warm but many got new personal bests or otherwise ran some really good times.

First in for FVS was ANDREW PATTERSON, 83rd out of 14,000 runners in just 1 hour 14 minutes 19 seconds (1:14:19).  Next in was SIMON JACKSON, 132nd in 1:16:06.  SIMON FRASER was also under 80 minutes at 245th with 1:19:09.

ASHLEY JOHNSON was Fairlands fastest female and she ran a fantastic 1:25:37.  She was second female 45 plus in the race.

This season, said MARTIN JACOB, I started doing some strength workouts.  Turns out it’s doing the trick.  On Sunday he ran the Cambridge Half marathon in 1:44:29.  This a PB by 1 minute 27 seconds.  He is super happy with the results.

LINDA GEORGE also ran in Cambridge. She finished in 02:00:23.  This was her second fastest half marathon.  She is very pleased with results considering it was a hot day.

Woo!  JESSICA CLARKE ran a new personal best of 1:49:24 and JAY PAPA cut his PB by nearly three minutes to 1:24:59.

Spartan MIKE JEFFS ran the Cambridge Half Marathon for the third year in a row and it was another PB (personal best) 1:20:22 shaving 2 minutes 50 seconds off his previous best.

PAUL SHELLEY went around in an impressive 1:24:13 with ALISON SHELLEY finishing in 2:09:37.

1:25:57 for NICK GILL on Sunday.  He was hoping to sneak under 1:25, but the warm weather took it out of him in the second half.  But still, his second fastest half marathon and the comeback from injury continues!  It was great to run with fellow Spartans Jay and Michael who both smashed their PBs (personal bests), and so much brilliant running all round.

Brian WHITE said it was great to be part of a large FVS team running the Cambridge Half marathon in some very nice sunshine.  A great tour of a few of the colleges and the surrounding countryside.  He finished in 1:44:49

SHARON CROWLEY said it was far too hot for her.  She finished in 2:51:32.

Seven Spartans averaged under 4 minutes per kilometre for all 21.1kilometres.

PositionNameTimeCategory
83Andrew Patterson1:14:19M40-44
132Simon Jackson1:16:06M45-49
245Simon Fraser1:19:09M35-39
293Mike Jeffs1:20:22M40-44
414Anthony Cahill1:22:19M40-44
503Stuart Mead1:23:40M40-44
540Paul Shelley1:24:13M55-59
573Michael Fisher1:24:48M35-39
592Jay Papa1:24:59M25-29
643Ashley Johnson1:25:37F45-49
670Nick Gill1:25:57M35-39
1188Ross Gallagher1:31:35M40-44
1389Mark Collins1:33:29M45-49
1893Matthew Newton1:37:20M40-44
2034Terry Sawyer1:38:31M40-44
2545Robert Wright1:41:56M40-44
2992Martin Jacob1:44:29M40-44
3057Brian White1:44:48M65-69
3968Jessica Clarke1:49:24F20-24
4024Andy Prior1:49:41M55-59
4559Keith Hooker1:52:34M45-49
6368Linda George2:00:23F40-44
8178Alison Shelley2:09:37F55-59
8737Megan Sutton2:12:43F25-29
11864Rose Sutton2:37:10F20-24
12269Samantha Sutton2:42:50F50-54
12362Emma Southerington2:44:10F50-54
12784Sharon Crowley2:51:32F65-69
13355Rebecca Rayner3:11:11F40-44

Parkrun Highlights Saturday 8th March

Many stayed away or kept the pace down in preparation for Sunday’s Cambridge Half Marathon but there were still over 500 runners, 504, at Stevenage parkrun and 29 were Spartans.  Altogether 42 from FVS ran parkruns on Saturday.

It was the special red cape for NIKI PLUMB who ran her 50 parkruns milestone in 38:14.  This week LORRAINE HILL was the fastest female from Fairlands with 26:43.  JIM BROWN ran his fastest parkrun this year with 27:52 and NICOLA HATHERLY ran her 60th with 38:12.

PositionGender PositionFVS parkrunnerTime
99Grant RAMSAY19:26
3331Tony RANDFIELD22:02
8171Martin JACOB23:57
9382Martin DUDLEY24:33
144120Steve TINSLEY26:38
15118Lorraine HILL26:43
17023Sophie PARSONS27:18
17224Suzy HAWKINS27:22
176143Matt CLARKE27:29
190153Jim BROWN27:52
219168Darren EMMERSON28:27
233176Jay PAPA28:47
24749Fiona CLARKE29:21
292213Paul JENNINGS31:04
29866Claire EMMERSON31:10
303218Ryan DUNNING31:20
329229Nick KLEANTHOUS32:20
34893Linda GEORGE32:54
376242Stephen SMITHSON34:15
379244Paul HOLGATE34:28
397124Chloe CHAPMAN35:10
418136Hannah MANTON36:20
434146Karen PALMER37:08
443154Tracy HAYGARTH38:04
444155Nicola HATHERLY38:12
445156Niki PLUMB38:14
493187Rebecca RAYNER48:05
492186Nichola DURENT48:05
503194Callie CHAPMAN72:17
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PB’s GALORE AT CAMBRIDGE!

Spartan LINDA GEORGE was very pleased to beat the two hour barrier when she finished the Cambridge Half Marathon in 1 hour 59 minutes 34 seconds. 

CRAIG BACON finished in 1:39:11.  He said it was a bright crisp morning for the Cambridge Half Marathon.  It was a picturesque and very flat course through the colleges, city centre and out to the villages of Grantchester and Trumpington before heading back into the city for the finish.  Craig said mile 9 was tough, but even with a pit stop he was very pleased to finish with a 12 second PB (personal best). 

Spartan VICKY ARCHER took more than four minutes off her PB with 1:51:58 and STUART ARCHER improved to 1:23:18. 

NICK GILL said 1:23:21 at the Cambridge Half Marathon – a new PB and almost 4 minutes quicker than one year ago [1:27:16].  He ran with Mike Jeffs from start to finish and it went perfectly!  They just couldn’t quite catch Stuart Archer.  MIKE JEFFS 1:23:21 was also a PB. 

CAROLE SHELDRICK and CAROLINE CROFT ran the Cambridge Half Marathon together.  Carole said it has always been one of her favourite half marathons to run.  They had to negotiate a lot of mud to get to the start line, but it was definitely worth it. 

Carole continued “as always it was very well organised and the support throughout the route was amazing.” 

Their official times: Carole Sheldrick 2hrs 31mins 23sec and Caroline Croft 2hrs 31mins 21sec (The seconds matter and Caroline was very pleased to beat Carole across the finish line).   

ANDREW PATTERSON was very happy and in some shock at knocking 1 minute 26 seconds off his PB, he thought he could PB but wasn’t expecting a time of 1.11.03. He said conditions were ideal for me out there today.  No wind or rain and a flat, fast course.  His first time at doing Cambridge and he loved it.   

Also MATTHEW NEWTON finished in 1:27:43; JOHN HARRIS in 1:32:59; MARTIN JACOB in 1:50:22 and DANIELA PETRIANNA in 2:10:55. 

Well done all the Spartans some great times clocked by all! 

Position Bib Name Chip Cat Cat Pos Pace Comments 
57 12258 Andrew Patterson 1:11:03 M40-44 3 3:22 min/km PB 
344 11769 Kirk Ndugu 1:19:31 M35-39 60 3:46 min/km  
565 5286 Stuart Archer 1:23:18 M40-44 78 3:56 min/km PB 
571 8584 Nick Gill 1:23:21 M35-39 99 3:57 min/km PB 
572 9862 Mike Jeffs 1:23:21 M40-44 80 3:57 min/km PB 
938 11829 Matthew Newton 1:27:43 M40-44 137 4:09 min/km  
1038 9910 Ashley Johnson 1:28:40 F40-44 17 4:12 min/km PB 
1129 8422 Ross Gallagher 1:29:20 M40-44 170 4:14 min/km  
1143 4512 Stuart Haycroft 1:29:26 M45-49 105 4:14 min/km  
1296 15667 Mark Collins 1:30:57 M45-49 124 4:18 min/km  
1515 9135 John Harris 1:32:59 M60-64 12 4:24 min/km  
2474 5418 Craig Bacon 1:39:11 M50-54 175 4:42 min/km PB 
2670 10848 Gail Mackie 1:40:17 F30-34 73 4:45 min/km  
4409 3021 Robert Wright 1:48:49 M40-44 515 5:09 min/km  
4755 9798 Martin Jacob 1:50:22 M40-44 546 5:13 min/km  
5079 4812 Vicky Archer 1:51:58 F40-44 145 5:18 min/km PB 
7032 8514 Linda George 1:59:34 F35-39 217 5:40 min/km PB 
9201 3459 Daniela Petrianni 2:10:55 F40-44 405 6:12 min/km  
11710 7222 Caroline Croft 2:31:21 F50-54 384 7:10 min/km  
11712 13482 Carole Sheldrick 2:31:23 F50-54 385 7:10 min/km PB 
12771 4752 Samantha Sutton 2:58:25 F45-49 603 8:27 min/km  

Berkhampstead Half 

The Berkhamsted Half Marathon was very different to Cambridge.  Hilly rather than flat, rural rather than town and just over 900 runners rather than about 14,000.  Spartan WENDY THARANI finished in 2 hours 12 minutes 47 seconds. 

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